Gay ‘Sopranos’ mobster fds a b of fame

‘THE SOPRANOS’ BELONGS TO THE GAYS NOW

In 2004, the Season 5 episo "Unintified Black Mal", is disclosed to viewers Vo is fact homosexual after he is seen performg fellat on a secury guard early one morng at the Esplana nstctn se by Meadow's boyiend, Fn De Trol. Vo at the gay bar. Later, that eveng while makg a llectn at a gay bar, two Lupertazzi Fay associat, one named Sal Iaccuzzo, saw Vo dancg provotively wh a gay man.

The Iaccuzzo character was based on real-life Gambo Crime Fay po Matthew Lanniello, who was known to extort and own several nightclubs New York Cy that tered to homosexual clientele. Vo claimed that his homosexual behavr had been ed by meditn. Lupertazzi crime fay boss Phil Leotardo, a vilent homophobe, mand Vo's ath, so Tony quietly arranged for Carlo Gervasi to make a h on Vo.

WAS PHIL LEOTARDO GAY?

It was later revealed that Vo was found wh a pool cue stick his rectum, a msage that he was killed bee of his homosexualy. Phil Leotardo later told Vo's wife, Marie, that her hband was probably killed by two homosexual transients Vo had picked up at a bar. But, all this heterosexism and flattened nuance ignor the obv tth: The Sopranos belongs to the gays now.

And while some of the Gays of Gabagool have been fans sce the begng, seems many of them have only disvered recently, via word of mouth. But this new realy rais qutns: How did a show about vlent straight men bee so popular wh queer and trans people, pecially given the racism, misogyny and homophobia shows?